OPINIONS The curse of native speakerism Many moons ago, I used to work in the EFL department of a university here in London. Among my colleagues 20-10-2020 Twenty Things in Twenty Years Part Seven: Input is more important than output To say that the CTEFLA that was my gateway into the world of English Language Teaching encouraged me to be 26-09-2020 Twenty Things in Twenty Years Part Six: Resistance is futile – but still remarkably widespread When I was in my mid-20s living in Jakarta and trying to learn Indonesian, I reached a point where I 25-06-2020 Back to School Part Four: homework … or the lack of it. In recent years, we've seen much made of the idea of the ‘flipped’ classroom. In ELT terms, this often involves 16-06-2020 Why ‘Is it formal or informal?’ is perhaps my most-hated question in ELT Let's face it, over the years, we've probably all asked plenty of questions in class that we later look back 02-06-2020 Twenty Things in Twenty Years Part Five: there really is no need for needs analysis! One of the more ridiculous notions instilled in me on my month-long CELTA course taken back in the early 1990s 03-05-2020 Twenty Things in Twenty Years Part Four: the way I was taught to teach grammar crippled my understanding of grammar! I feel it best to warn you in advance that this is a post that could potentially spiral wildly out 24-04-2020 Twenty Things in Twenty Years Part Three: kicking the grammar habit As I’m sure I’ve mentioned elsewhere, my induction into English Language Teaching via a four-week CELTA at Westminster College (and, 22-04-2020 Back to School Part Three: lessons of forgetting and laughter They say that learning a foreign language is a good way of avoiding dementia in later life, but with learning 21-04-2020 Twenty Things in Twenty Years Part Two: Troubling trouble when trouble troubles you! There are plenty of things that you generally don’t learn on a four-week CELTA course: how bizarre many of the 21-04-2020 1 2 3 … 8 Next »
